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2017-09-13 07:11:26

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Iovance Biotherapeutics

$7.25

-0.15 (-2.03%)

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Iovance expanding on multiple fronts, says H.C. Wainwright

Iovance Biotherapeutics released data at ESMO that it can generate highly active tumor infiltrating lymphocytes from lymphoma tumors, H.C. Wainwright analyst Joseph Pantginis tells investors in a research note titled "Targeting Liquid Tumors and Automating the Supply Chain; Iovance Expanding on Multiple Fronts." The analyst says that while clinical efficacy of these expanded TILs remains unknown, he sees "significant safety profile differentiation" when compared to CAR-Ts. He notes that Iovance is also building new partnerships to make the supply chain run more efficiently. Pantginis keeps a Buy rating on the shares with a $16 price target.

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IOVAIovance Biotherapeutics

$7.25

-0.15 (-2.03%)

08/03/17

OPCO

08/03/17INITIATIONTarget $13OPCOOutperform

Iovance Biotherapeutics initiated with an Outperform at Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer analyst Mark Breidenbach initiated Iovance Biotherapeutics with an Outperform and a $13 price target saying its tumor infiltrating lymphocytes therapy has been clinically validated by several academic institutions and expects to see a stream of clinical readouts from three ongoing company-sponsored trials in the next 12-18 month. Breidenbach expects lovance's path to commercialization in solid tumors to be simplified due to to the trailblazing of personalized CAR-T therapies for blood cancers.

08/31/17

HCWC

08/31/17NO CHANGETarget $16HCWCBuy

Iovance 'fired another shot across the bow of CAR-Ts,' says H.C. Wainwright

The approval of Novartis' (NVS) Kymriah is a "major leap forward" for oncology and immunotherapy, but there remains "significant room for differentiated products," H.C. Wainwright analyst Joseph Pantginis tells investors in a research note on Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA) titled "Pins Set Up: Kite Acquired and Kymriah Approved; TILs Can Knock 'Em Down; Reiterate Buy." The analyst believes Iovance's TILs, or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, could be significantly differentiated from CAR-Ts like Kymriah. He says the TIL platform has a "significantly" more benign safety profile relative to CAR-Ts and growing evidence that it could effectively target solid tumors, an area where he thinks CAR-Ts continue to struggle. Pantginis thinks Iovance "fired another shot across the bow of CAR-Ts" with last night's ESMO conference abstracts. The company released preliminary data that it can generate highly active TILs from lymphoma tumors, the analyst contends. He reiterates a Buy rating on Iovance with a $16 price target. The shares closed yesterday down 30c to $5.55.

Wells Fargo analyst Jim Birchenough views Iovance Biotherapeutics' fast track designation from the FDA for its tumor infiltrating lymphocyte product LN-144 as "particularly validating for a novel cell therapy." The designation establishes unmet need for patients and could support a "more reasonable" Phase 3 hurdle, Birchenough tells investors in a research note. He has an Outperform rating on Iovance.

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